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Nuance Acquires MacSpeechPosted Feb 16, 2010
Nuance Communications today announced that it has acquired
MacSpeech, the leading provider of speech recognition solutions
for Apple Macintosh computers. Financial terms of the deal were
not disclosed.
The agreement will allow Nuance to extend the Dragon
NaturallySpeaking family of products to the growing community of
Mac users as a native Mac application.
“We have heard from our customers — and from the Mac community
at large — for years that they want Dragon for the Mac
environment,” said Peter Mahoney, Nuance’s senior vice president
and general manager of the Dragon product line. “In 2008,
MacSpeech licensed our underlying Dragon dictation technology to
deliver MacSpeech Dictate, and the demand has only continued to
grow, fueled recently by our recent launch of Dragon Dictation
for the iPhone. MacSpeech’s knowledge of the Mac platform and
its deep understanding of Mac users, coupled with our
decades-long experience with speech recognition and the popular
Dragon brand, will allow us to provide the world’s best
dictation technology in a solution that is 100-percent Mac.”
Through the acquisition of MacSpeech, Nuance hopes to accelerate
the growth opportunity for MacSpeech products by adding
additional research and development support, Dragon brand
recognition, marketing support, and distribution channels. In
addition, the acquisition presents more growth opportunities for
Dragon NaturallySpeaking with new audiences and new devices.
“MacSpeech responded to the growing demand for a native
Macintosh, high-quality speech recognition solution with
MacSpeech Dictate integrated with the Dragon speech recognition
engine,” said Andrew Taylor, president of MacSpeech. “We are
excited to become part of the Nuance team and accelerate our
ability to deliver great speech solutions to the Mac community.”
Mahoney, in announcing the acquisition, assured MacSpeech users
that “nothing will change in the near term.” Nuance, he wrote,
“values the MacSpeech brand. Nuance and MacSpeech teams are
working together on branding and product integration.” |
Nuance
Acquires Philips Speech Recognition Systems, Expands European
Healthcare Business
Nuance’s Healthcare Business in North America and Europe
Projected to Deliver Revenues in Excess of $410 Million with
Rapid Expansion of Operating Margins in Fiscal Year 2009
BURLINGTON, MA, October 1, 2008 — Nuance
Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced that it has
acquired
Philips Speech Recognition Systems (PSRS), a business unit
of Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) and leader in
speech recognition solutions, especially in the European
healthcare market. With the combined resources of Nuance and
PSRS, Nuance significantly enhances its ability to deliver
innovative, speech-driven clinical documentation and
communication solutions to healthcare organizations throughout
Europe.
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